The biology and ecology of cat fleas and advancements in their pest management: a review

MK Rust - Insects, 2017 - mdpi.com
The cat flea Ctenocephalides felis felis (Bouché) is the most important ectoparasite of
domestic cats and dogs worldwide. It has been two decades since the last comprehensive …

Metagenomics of culture isolates and insect tissue illuminate the evolution of Wolbachia, Rickettsia and Bartonella symbionts in Ctenocephalides spp. fleas

A Beliavskaia, KK Tan, A Sinha… - Microbial …, 2023 - microbiologyresearch.org
While fleas are often perceived simply as a biting nuisance and a cause of allergic
dermatitis, they represent important disease vectors worldwide, especially for bacterial …

Origin, evolution, phylogeny and taxonomy of Pulex irritans

A Zurita, R Callejón, ÁM García‐sánchez… - Medical and …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The human flea Pulex irritans Linnaeus, 1758 (Siphonaptera: Pulicidae) is one of the most
studied species together with the cat flea Ctenocephalides felis Bouché, 1835, because they …

High mitochondrial sequence divergence in synanthropic flea species (Insecta: Siphonaptera) from Europe and the Mediterranean

S Hornok, R Beck, R Farkas, A Grima, D Otranto… - Parasites & vectors, 2018 - Springer
Background Adult fleas are haematophagous ectoparasites of warm-blooded vertebrates,
particularly mammals. Among them, the cat flea (Ctenocephalides felis) and the human flea …

New taxonomic and evolutionary insights relevant to the cat flea, Ctenocephalides felis: A geographic perspective

L Van der Mescht, S Matthee, CA Matthee - Molecular Phylogenetics and …, 2021 - Elsevier
The cat flea, Ctenocephalides felis, is an obligate haematophagous ectoparasite of wildlife
and domestic cats and dogs worldwide. Since cat fleas can affect the health of humans and …

Investigation of the genetic diversity and flea-borne pathogens in Ctenocephalides felis samples collected from goats in İzmir and Şanlıurfa provinces of Turkey

M Güvendi, H Can, AE Köseoğlu, SE Alak… - … and Infectious Diseases, 2022 - Elsevier
The cat flea “Ctenocephalides felis” has veterinary and medical importance since it is a
vector for numerous important pathogens. In this study, a total of 249 flea samples were …

New insights into the haplotype diversity of the cosmopolitan cat flea Ctenocephalides felis (Siphonaptera: Pulicidae)

N Azrizal-Wahid, M Sofian-Azirun, VL Low - Veterinary parasitology, 2020 - Elsevier
The present study investigated the genetic profile of the cosmopolitan cat flea,
Ctenocephalides felis (Siphonaptera: Pulicidae) from Malaysia and the reference data …

Ctenophthalmus baeticus boisseauorum (Beaucournu, 1968) and Ctenophthalmus apertus allani (Smit, 1955)(Siphonaptera: Ctenophthalmidae) as synonymous taxa …

A Zurita, ÁM García-Sánchez… - Bulletin of Entomological …, 2020 - cambridge.org
The family Ctenophthalmidae (Order Siphonaptera) has been considered as a 'catchall'for a
wide range of divergent taxa showing a paraphyletic origin. In turn, Ctenophthalmus …

Morphological, biometrical and molecular characterization of Archaeopsylla erinacei (Bouché, 1835)

A Zurita, R Callejón, M De Rojas… - Bulletin of entomological …, 2018 - cambridge.org
In the present work, we carried out a morphological, biometrical and molecular study of the
species Archaeopsylla erinacei (Bouché, 1835) and their subspecies: Archaeopsylla …

Morphological and molecular study of the genus Nosopsyllus (Siphonaptera: Ceratophyllidae). Nosopsyllus barbarus (Jordan & Rothschild 1912) as a junior synonym …

A Zurita, R Callejon, M de Rojas, C Cutillas - Insect Systematics & …, 2017 - brill.com
In the present work, a comparative morphological and molecular study of Nosopsyllus
barbarus and Nosopsyllus fasciatus (Bosc, d'Antic 1800) isolated from rodents from different …